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| Morcar |
Author has written 27 stories for Humor, Mythology, Supernatural, Fantasy, Essay, General, Love, and General. I should, I suppose, add a little something to this section. I am English, early twenties and a sarcastic bastard. I am obscure, a little self referential, and a lot of my work borders on the parodic. I am deeply cynical about a lot of the cliches that arise in most forms of genre fiction. I have something of a fixation with villains, this is not because I consider myself "evil", it is not because I am somehow "drawn to the dark", rather it is because I am drawn to complexity. Nothing irritates me more than a villain who does evil things just to prove how evil he is. As a result an awful lot of my stories involve my attempting to make the readers sympathise with people they would normally despise. Hmm... I understand it is also de rigeur to put some kind of pithy quote on your profile. How about these... "Truth, they say, is stranger than fiction. This is, of course, untrue. Any real event can be fictionalized, not all fictional events can be realized. What *is* true is that there is an additional strangeness inherant in a strange-but-true story that fiction, in which we expect the outlandish as a matter of course, can never entirely match" I should note for those of you who have been following it that my longer fantasy piece "A Land of Two Suns" is on temporary hiatus, because of my limited access to computers. I'm more in the position to work on short stories at the moment. I have dropped out of poetical mood and back into the fantastical. Land Of Two Suns is still on indefinite hiatus - I may come back to the concept later on or I may not. The current Longer Project that I'm working on is The Grand Tour, it's at once more and less standard than the earlier story. More standard because it involves a group of randoms bodding off around the world for no clear reason, less standard because it (a) has an almost nineteenth century level of technology and (b) the characters really *are* bodding off around the world for no reason, rather than just having a reason that isn't terribly compelling. It borers at times on parody. The story /Fever Dream/ has been removed, I've decided to get off my arse and try getting something published, and there's legal issues, or so I understand. | |||||
1. The Grand Tour » reviewsWhen three companions embark on a tour of their world, they must survive with only their considerable wealth, first class education and superlative family connections to support them. (Rated cautiously, nothing terribly graphic yet)Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Humor - Chapters: 4 - Words: 9,861 - Reviews: 11 - Updated: 6-24-04 - Published: 5-29-042. Various Rants About Fantasy Fiction » reviewsMy own fairly unique brand of sarcasm and superciliousness. A mixture of essays and rants about the more annoying aspects of Fantasy FictionFiction: Essay - Rated: K - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 5 - Words: 7,995 - Reviews: 68 - Updated: 5-28-04 - Published: 10-18-033. The Shower reviewsI'm vaguely worried that something like this will happen some day.Fiction: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,080 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 5-5-044. Et Cetera reviewsA triolet, for them as know what that means. This is kind of a mood piece. I've just come back from an evening out...Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 72 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 1-13-045. Advice reviewsMy advice for would be poets. Warning, contains sarcasm.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 185 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 1-13-046. My Hart's Desire reviewsLet's be honest, this is just based on a bad pun...Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 84 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 1-12-047. Wheels Within Wheels reviewsRated for some slightly iffy images. This is a slightly odd attempt at setting High Fantasy in an industrial society.Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,605 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 1-10-048. Offerings reviewsAnother of the romantic poems I Do Not Write. Those who follow my work may notice a certain obsession with tea. It's an English thing.Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 126 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 1-10-049. The Bodhisattva reviewsMe at my most pretentious. Please note that this poem presumes that the reader knows what a Bodhisattva actually is. If you don't, google for it before reading, or be prepared not to entirely get this one.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 364 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-8-0410. Better To Burn reviewsPersonally, I'd rather fade away. I could get a little cottage in the Lake District and keep beesPoetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 98 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 1-8-0411. I Won't Win Your Heart With A Poem reviewsI do not write romantic poetry. This is but one of the poems I have most recently Not WrittenPoetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 154 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 1-8-0412. Coming Out Speech reviewsMum, Dad, I've got something to tell youPoetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 154 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 1-8-0413. Poem For Mary Shelley reviewsA little poem for the good miss Mary Shelley. Rated cautiously for references to certain anecdotes relating to the couple.Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 169 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-8-0414. Sans Innuendo reviewsAn attempt, probably entirely vain, to mix profundity with throwaway gags.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Angst/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 102 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 1-8-0415. Between Mountains reviewsA slightly odd take on those little epiphanies we all get about how insignificant we are in the overall scheme of thingsPoetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 137 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 1-8-0416. Tales From A Quiet Cafe reviewsA man and a woman meet in a cafe and reflect on their lives.Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: K - English - Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,224 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 1-3-0417. A Little While Ago reviewsA faustian bargain, from a rather modern standpoint.Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,411 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-3-0418. The Sorting Office reviewsIn which the narrator has an unexpected encounter at a funeral.Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: K - English - Mystery/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,478 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-3-0419. Jackie reviewsA man returns to the seaside town where his family spent their summer holidays. All is not quite as he remembers.Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: K - English - Mystery/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,101 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-3-0420. A Land of Two Suns » reviewsA war between light and darkness. Three Princes in a kingdom of shadows. A king on a burning throne. Rated for violence (particularly later) and occult unpleasentness.Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 10 - Words: 31,954 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 11-1-03 - Published: 9-25-0321. Ophelia reviewsA response to the usual wrist-to-forehead Poems About Ophelia you seem to find. Rated for mild swearing and a faintly cynical attitude to suicidePoetry: Humor - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 193 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 9-9-0322. The Invitation reviewsWhat happens when you *do* invite the bad fairies to the christening.Fiction: Mythology - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,308 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 9-3-0323. The City on the River » reviewsIt's an Urban Myth Cycle. Please bear in mind that I seldom call a spade a spade. I'd assume by now that you all take the request to read and review somewhat as read.Fiction: Mythology - Rated: K - English - Supernatural/Fantasy - Chapters: 3 - Words: 3,752 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 9-3-03 - Published: 8-23-0324. The Lady of the Marches reviewsIts another one of those "lone figure vs forces of darkness" thingies. This one, however, manages to avoid using the words "destiny", "demon" or "vampire"Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,611 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 9-3-0325. The War of the Roses reviewsKind of a fable really. Two princes go to war over a rose garden.Fiction: Mythology - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,001 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 9-3-0326. Whatever Happened To reviewsA short story about Pop Music. Rated for brief violence and weird imagery. As ever reviews make me happy.Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: T - English - Horror/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,140 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8-24-0327. Paradise Limericked reviewsParadise Lost in Limerick form. Because I can really.Poetry: Humor - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 112 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 8-16-03
